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Trump to allege Chinese meddling in U.S. elections during primetime speech

Name: Trump to allege Chinese meddling in U.S. elections during primetime speech
Uploaded: 2026-07-16T07:08:00-0400
Duration: 2 min 34 s
Description: President Trump's primetime speech on Thursday will include new claims of Chinese meddling in U.S. elections, sources tell CBS News. In 2021, the U.S. intelligence community assessed with "high confidence" that China did not try to interfere or influence the outcome of the election. Weijia Jiang reports.

President Trump's primetime speech on Thursday will include new claims of Chinese meddling in U.S. elections, sources tell CBS News. In 2021, the U.S. intelligence community assessed with "high confidence" that China did not try to interfere or influence the outcome of the election. Weijia Jiang reports.